Definition of crab

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Crab (a.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

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Crust :: Crust (n.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc..
Ill-tempered :: Ill-tempered (a.) Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome.
Nefandous :: Nefandous (a.) Unfit to speak of; unmentionable; impious; execrable.
Thelphusian :: Thelphusian (n.) One of a tribe of fresh-water crabs which live in or on the banks of rivers in tropical countries.
Scrabbling :: Scrabbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrabbl.
Fiddler :: Fiddler (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab..
Crabby :: Crabby (a.) Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing..
Xanthose :: Xanthose (n.) An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain crabs.
Anomoura :: Anomoura (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example..
Partan :: Partan (n.) An edible British crab.
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) A marine crab (Podophthalmus vigil) native of the Indian Ocean, remarkable for the great length of its eyestalks; -- called also sentinel crab..
Frabbit :: Frabbit (a.) Crabbed; peevish.
Apron :: Apron (n.) The infolded abdomen of a crab.
Crab :: Crab (a.) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc..
Damnableness :: Damnableness (n.) The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
Verjuice :: Verjuice (n.) The sour juice of crab apples, of green or unripe grapes, apples, etc.; also, an acid liquor made from such juice..
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste..
Metope :: Metope (n.) The face of a crab.
Pagurian :: Pagurian (n.) Any one of a tribe of anomuran crustaceans, of which Pagurus is a type; the hermit crab. See Hermit crab, under Hermit..
Crab :: Crab (a.) Sour; rough; austere.
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